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Yorkton-Melville

Yorkton—Melville
Saskatchewan electoral district
Yorkton—Melville 2013 Riding.png
Yorkton—Melville in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Cathay Wagantall
Conservative
District created 1966
First contested 1968
Last contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011) 71,270
Electors (2015) 53,446
Area (km²) 43,272
Pop. density (per km²) 1.6
Census subdivisions Yorkton, Melville, Esterhazy, Canora, Tisdale, Hudson Bay

Yorkton—Melville is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.

30.2% of the population are of Ukrainian ethnic origin, the highest such percentage in Canada.

The district is in east-central Saskatchewan.

The electoral district was created in 1966 from Yorkton, Melville and Mackenzie ridings.

In the 2006 election, the Yorkton—Melville constituency had the highest percentage of eligible voters over the age of 65, and highest average age of all 308 federal ridings.

This riding lost a fraction of territory to Regina—Qu'Appelle and gained territory from Saskatoon—Humboldt and a fraction from Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

* Denotes incumbent.


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